Washington State Bar Association Establishes Alliance with WordRake

WordRake to Provide Breakthrough Editing Software to Bar Staff and 35,000 Members

Patented Technology from WordRake Helps All Professionals Write More Concisely and Confidently

SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, WordRake^®, creator of the first editing software for lawyers, announced a strategic alliance with the Washington State Bar Association. WSBA employees have been using WordRake’s law practice software in-house, and it has helped them write more clearly, concisely, and confidently. Now, WSBA has signed a contract to offer the editing software to its 35,000 members with preferential pricing under the WSBA’s Law Office Management Assistance Program.

WordRake software for attorneys will edit a 10-page document in 30 seconds, detecting and highlighting words that add no meaning. To use WordRake software, a lawyer composes in Microsoft Word, hits the “Rake” button, and accepts or rejects the WordRake suggestions. The software helps lawyers write clearly and concisely, and saves them -- and their clients -- time and money. The WordRake law firm software is there every hour of every day, the editor all lawyers need.

Peter Roberts, Practice Management Advisor for 13 years, relies on WordRake’s law office software in his own office. “I was enthusiastic about trying the WordRake software because its creator, Gary Kinder, is well qualified for teaching lawyers how to write better. Now he’s been awarded patents for his editing methods, and he’s developed software to help us! It’s a great tool – the more you use it, the more you think like it. Our members face tough challenges for upholding professional conduct, persuading judges, and expressing complex subjects in plain English. The WordRake legal practice software helps them meet these challenges with increasing ease. We have plans to expand using the software here within the Bar Association’s own offices, and we are delighted to offer it to all 35,000 of our members.”

For more information about the WSBA alliance with WordRake, visit: www.wsba.org/resources-and-services/member-benefits-and-tools/sponsored-member-benefits/wordrake.

To watch WordRake software edit or to try it yourself, visit WordRake.com.

About WordRake Software

WordRake’s law practice software provides a unique editing platform within Microsoft Word. It “rakes” through each document to suggest edits for tighter writing, saving lawyers time and money, and giving them the confidence their brief, letter, or memorandum is clear and concise. Any professional will benefit from WordRake software’s keen eye for finding words and phrases that add no meaning. For its unique technology, WordRake has been awarded six patents by the U. S. Patent & Trademark Office.

Based in Seattle, the company was founded in 2011 by lawyer Gary Kinder, a bestselling author and nationally-known speaker who has taught over 1,000 writing programs to law firms like Jones Day, Latham & Watkins, Sidley, and WilmerHale. He is the author of the critically acclaimed, New York Times bestseller, Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea. For the American Bar Association, he has created the online, interactive series "Advanced Writing for Lawyers,” presented writing webinars, and taught twenty live, all-day ABA programs on writing.

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About Washington State Bar Association

The Washington State Bar Association is part of the judicial branch, exercising a governmental function authorized by the Washington State Supreme Court to license the state’s 34,800 lawyers. The WSBA both regulates lawyers under the authority of the Court and serves its members as a professional association. Its mission is to serve the public and the members of the Bar, ensure the integrity of the legal profession, and to champion justice.